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Page 4 - The St. Mary's College EMPATH, Monday, September 29, 1975
We Love You,
By Vic Stamply
In an attempt to give students
an idea of the perceptions of a
non-student member of the
college community, the EMPATH
recently interviewed Officer
Walter Szlendak. Walter is a
familiar figure to St. Mary’s
children of the night, working the
graveyard shift and giving law ’n
order such a good name that last
year’s students awarded him the
title “Security Officer of the
Year.”
This is Walter’s seventh year at
St. Mary’s. The college was all
female when he arrived, and ho
remembers when the part of the
campus to the north of Route 5
was either grass growing on graves
or cattle grazing on grass.
Walter spoke proudly of the
facilities which he has seen spring
up during his time at St. Mary’s,
especially the gym. Walter says “a
good sportsman is a good
student.” Having been a soccer
player back in his native Poland,
he prefers that sport to football.
He’s pleased that soccer has come
to St. Mary’s, and hopes to see it
become more popular in this
country, since he considers the
soccer field as an important
international meeting ground.
Asked how he viewed the role
of college in today’s world, Walter
r e p lie d th a t it provides
“ knowledge to survive . . . in
emergencies.” Walter has survived
some emergencies in his own life.
He was a pilot in the Polish Air
Force when Nazi Germany
invaded his homeland, and spent
most of the war training flyers in
Walter!
Walter recalls when many city
dwellers, unable to make a living
in the depression in Poland,
moved to the countryside, only to
find that they were unprepared to
provide for themselves there. He
learned of the necessity for, and
techniques of vegetable gardening
from his father who was a farmer.
Walter has been gardening in
St. Mary’s County for twenty-two
years, without the use of
pesticides. He feels that today’s
young people should know how
to take care of themselves by
raising their own vegetables, and
seemed glad that the school’s
organic gardening project is taking
a step in the right direction.
Walter says he would like to
see a St. Mary’s graduate become
“really super” in some field of
e n d e a v o r : ‘ ‘ a n o t h e r
Rembrandt. . . Leonardo . . . or
an inventor “of some innovation
to help feed the world. He’s very
fond of the students at St. Mary’s,
sympathizes with their problems,
and says that college should be
fun, but there is work to be done,
too. He spoke of seeing an
ominous parallel between many
young people of today and the
unprepared urbanities of the
Polish depression. To him
education is for preparation, “this
is what the whole thing is
about. . . eventually we may have
lots of hungry people . . . some­body
has to do the thinking to
come up with new ideas.”
England, and flying combat
Walter Szlendak, “Security Officer of the Year”
Photo by Kathy Jackson
W o m e n ’s C e n te r
O n T h e M o v e
Those minute things that need
to be done in order to keep up
maintenance on an automobile are
things that a woman should know.
The Women’s Center is
planning on sponsoring a basic
mechanics course in the near
future, and will post a time and
place for it.
At their second meeting the
M in i F a rm s
Ecology Club members and
members of Comtemporary
Horticulture are engaged in an
experimental organic plot of land.
missions to France and Germany, is .
under Royj al Air Force command. ™ e. pa joont’g wR„hol<u*t e *5 , is a‘ h3e/ 4n oacrtrhe
set up to study
S tu d e n t C o u r t S y s tem
F a c t o r F ic t io n ? part 2
By Mel Longtield
In this second part of an article
on the proposed Student Court
System, I will take some extracts
from the Dean of Students
proposed Judicial System outline.
The first distinction made in
the outline is the difference
b e tw e en disciplinary and
non-disciplinary matters. A
disciplinary matter, according to
the outline would be; “matters
which relate to the college
community as a communal
environment and do not concern
the s tu d e n ts contractual
obligations with the college
community. Included would be
such things as disputes between
residents, noises, damage, etc.'’
In plain English this means
keeping someone awake or
busting them in the chops or
throwing your roommate through
a window.
Non-disciplinary matters would
be in “matters which relate to the
students contractual obligations
to the College. Included are such
things as the residence hall
c o n t r a c t , m o to r vehicle
reg istra tio n and financial
obligations.”
part 1. It leaves no recourse
except the appeal to the Dean of
Students. Now, the disciplinary
matters would be handled by “the
student-staff hearing board,
composed of three persons at the
first level. It will have one
student, selected by whatever
manner is deemed appropriate by
the S tu d e n t Government
Association, one staff person
appointed by the Dean of
Students, and a presiding officer
appointed by the Dean of
Students who will not vote except
in the case of a tie.”
Obviously this is not a
representative system, of the
“jury of your peers” type to be
found in most places in this
country where we are allowed due
process. Of course, you have the
option of having the case handled
by the old system of the
“designated representative” type.
The same protection applies
for the board system, where you
are notified in writing of a
complaint against you. The
notification will contain “The
alleged offense and the procedure
that will be followed.” Now that
That is a vague outline, and you have been notified, the
could cause problems, because procedure will begin,
who has the final decision as to Th e first level is the
V?e . difference between a gtudent-Staff hearing board. Any
disciplinary matter and a 53, ^ 0,^ (translation: whatever
non-discipllnary one? they decide to do to you)
Once again we come to the one imposed by the flrst |eve, s s
iman decision, because on hearing board may be referred to
n° n ,!SCIP ‘nar>',..!T; . rS r the appeals S.S. hearing board.
• f ^ ^his board is composed of two
appointed studentS selected by the S.G.A.
designee ” routine. and two staff members selected
This is the same procedure, by the Dean of Students. The
basically, that I wrote about in judicial Officer will preside
ourselves involved in
“Dean of Students
area organic
gardening. No chemical fertilizers
will be used; all ingredients will be
organic. With the intention of
building up an agriculturally
fertile, workable piece of land, the
plot was started last. year.
This years participants will
continue to develop the land by
churning and litting the soil to
return nutrients to the ground. A
cover crop will be used to protect
the land through the winter from
weeds and harsh weather. Among
the crops grown last year, of
which many remain, are corn,
watermelon, cantolope, peanuts,
tomatoes, eggplant, and lettuce.
The members of this project are
now clearing way most of last
years crops to make way for the
winter’s cover crop. Several of the
cover crops to choose from are
crimson clover, barley, wheat, and
rye.
Through their efforts on this
experiemntal mini farm, the
members hope to continue raising
various types of crops, and
recognize the value of and
appreciate organic gardening.
without a vote in the matter. You
can, before you appear before the
appeals board, request in writing
that the staff members of the
Board be Student-Staff members.
Then, the Dean of Students will
appoint two Resident-Assistants
or Senior Resident Assistants who
have agreed to serve.
Now you will receive the
names of the board members in
writing, and you have the right to
challenge any Board member you
feel won’t give you a fair hearing.
Now for the bad part, you must
show cause; and the Judicial
Officer “will decide all such
challenges. His decision will be
final.”
On to the sanctions, as they are
politely called. The first level
hearing board (Remember them?)
(See STUDENT COURT,
Column 4, Page 8)
discussed
programs
ideas
during
for
the
women
different
course of the semester, among
which will be: a coffee-house
collage, a baby-sitting service for
members o f the college
c om m u n ity , and a rape
prevention/self defense lecture
from a Washington, D.C. source.
A n y o n e in te re s te d in
performing musically, or through
poetry and readings, for the
collage, can be in contact with
Ginny Tucker Rm. 202 Q.A.,
9 94 -9 84 4, Penny Nickerson
862-4744, or Remy Arnone who
is in the Music Department.
The Women’s Center has word
that a certain Father Henle at
Georgetown University, is taking
measures against the popular radio
station WGTB. It seems that he
has taken offense at the “Friends”
show, a program concerning the
Gay Liberation movement.
Evidently he has never really
listened to the show, but
nonetheless wants to see the
whole radio station shut down.
If you would like to show your
support of the station, letters
addressed to: Father Henle, Office
of the President, Georgetown
University, 37th & O St. N.W.
Washington, D.C., would be of
help to WGTB. They ask that the
letters be kept in good taste.
A baby-sitting service was in
operation last year, and the
Women’s Center would like it to
continue in its sucess and
progress. Lists will be posted
throughout the campus for
anyone interested in participating.
After a two week period the list
will be compiled and made
available. It is felt that this service
will be of tremendous benefit to
commuters and faculty who would
like to take courses but can’t
find sitters.
The next meeting U set for
Monday, Oct. 6 at 9:30 in the S.U.
Please come and share your ideas.
P r e s e n t i n g :
T h e C o m m u t e r
By Mel Longfield
Who is that furtive looking
individual seen lurking about the
classrooms and hallways of these
hallowed halls?
We must surmise that the
person in question belongs here,
yet why does he seem so
confused? Could he be a
commuter? Yes! A legend which
persists to this day at St. Mary’s
College.
There are no concrete figures
available for the number of
commuters at this school,
according to the records office,
but they do make up a substantial
portion of the student body. To
date, there have been several small
incidents which reflect problems
for those who do not live on
campus.
Due to a lack of information
about the use of the laundry
rooms in the dorms, one person
has already run afoul of the
Campus Security Personnel.
There is also the case of the
missing person who, due to a lack
of information, went to the wrong
classes for a week and a half.
(Name withheld by personal
request). There is no excess of
off-campus housing nearby, and
this almost insures that most
commuters have anywhere from
five to twenty-five miles to travel
a day. In these days of rising gas
prices, this throws an added
burden onto the backs of those
who come in with the first light,
and like the Arabs at the end of
the day “Quietly fold their books,
and slip away!”
I talked to several people who
mentioned that they do not get
the campus b u lle tin, and
sometimes do not receive the
student newspaper, due mainly to
not knowing of the existence of
these informational services.
This lack of information also
leads to some of the commuters
missing campus events such as
dances, club meetings, and special
events.
As a remedy, there are several
o p t io n s . A c om m u te rs
office,where a commuting student
can go specifically to find out
exactly what is happening, or as
an alternative, the posting of
information pertinent to the
commuter in public places, like
the Student Union and all the
bulletin boards.
It is strange to have this many
students as disoriented as they are
wandering around. To leave you
with one last thought, in order to
have a united student body, it
would definitely be a nice gesture
to extend the hands of friendship
to these people who live off
campus, because you never know
when you yourself could step out
of the environment of the>
dormitory’s and into the realm of
“The COMMUTER!”
MARCHETTI'S i
>#■
DRAFT BEER
HOMEMADE ITA L IA N FOODS EVERYDAY !!
MONDAY NITE SPECIAL
30c - Draft Chilled Mug
10c Off on All Bottle and Can Beer
MONDAY NITES AFTER 7 P.M.
872 - 5760 On the corner of Route 5
and Trapp Road
3 Miles South of the College.

Page 4 - The St. Mary's College EMPATH, Monday, September 29, 1975
We Love You,
By Vic Stamply
In an attempt to give students
an idea of the perceptions of a
non-student member of the
college community, the EMPATH
recently interviewed Officer
Walter Szlendak. Walter is a
familiar figure to St. Mary’s
children of the night, working the
graveyard shift and giving law ’n
order such a good name that last
year’s students awarded him the
title “Security Officer of the
Year.”
This is Walter’s seventh year at
St. Mary’s. The college was all
female when he arrived, and ho
remembers when the part of the
campus to the north of Route 5
was either grass growing on graves
or cattle grazing on grass.
Walter spoke proudly of the
facilities which he has seen spring
up during his time at St. Mary’s,
especially the gym. Walter says “a
good sportsman is a good
student.” Having been a soccer
player back in his native Poland,
he prefers that sport to football.
He’s pleased that soccer has come
to St. Mary’s, and hopes to see it
become more popular in this
country, since he considers the
soccer field as an important
international meeting ground.
Asked how he viewed the role
of college in today’s world, Walter
r e p lie d th a t it provides
“ knowledge to survive . . . in
emergencies.” Walter has survived
some emergencies in his own life.
He was a pilot in the Polish Air
Force when Nazi Germany
invaded his homeland, and spent
most of the war training flyers in
Walter!
Walter recalls when many city
dwellers, unable to make a living
in the depression in Poland,
moved to the countryside, only to
find that they were unprepared to
provide for themselves there. He
learned of the necessity for, and
techniques of vegetable gardening
from his father who was a farmer.
Walter has been gardening in
St. Mary’s County for twenty-two
years, without the use of
pesticides. He feels that today’s
young people should know how
to take care of themselves by
raising their own vegetables, and
seemed glad that the school’s
organic gardening project is taking
a step in the right direction.
Walter says he would like to
see a St. Mary’s graduate become
“really super” in some field of
e n d e a v o r : ‘ ‘ a n o t h e r
Rembrandt. . . Leonardo . . . or
an inventor “of some innovation
to help feed the world. He’s very
fond of the students at St. Mary’s,
sympathizes with their problems,
and says that college should be
fun, but there is work to be done,
too. He spoke of seeing an
ominous parallel between many
young people of today and the
unprepared urbanities of the
Polish depression. To him
education is for preparation, “this
is what the whole thing is
about. . . eventually we may have
lots of hungry people . . . some­body
has to do the thinking to
come up with new ideas.”
England, and flying combat
Walter Szlendak, “Security Officer of the Year”
Photo by Kathy Jackson
W o m e n ’s C e n te r
O n T h e M o v e
Those minute things that need
to be done in order to keep up
maintenance on an automobile are
things that a woman should know.
The Women’s Center is
planning on sponsoring a basic
mechanics course in the near
future, and will post a time and
place for it.
At their second meeting the
M in i F a rm s
Ecology Club members and
members of Comtemporary
Horticulture are engaged in an
experimental organic plot of land.
missions to France and Germany, is .
under Royj al Air Force command. ™ e. pa joont’g wR„hol',..!T; . rS r the appeals S.S. hearing board.
• f ^ ^his board is composed of two
appointed studentS selected by the S.G.A.
designee ” routine. and two staff members selected
This is the same procedure, by the Dean of Students. The
basically, that I wrote about in judicial Officer will preside
ourselves involved in
“Dean of Students
area organic
gardening. No chemical fertilizers
will be used; all ingredients will be
organic. With the intention of
building up an agriculturally
fertile, workable piece of land, the
plot was started last. year.
This years participants will
continue to develop the land by
churning and litting the soil to
return nutrients to the ground. A
cover crop will be used to protect
the land through the winter from
weeds and harsh weather. Among
the crops grown last year, of
which many remain, are corn,
watermelon, cantolope, peanuts,
tomatoes, eggplant, and lettuce.
The members of this project are
now clearing way most of last
years crops to make way for the
winter’s cover crop. Several of the
cover crops to choose from are
crimson clover, barley, wheat, and
rye.
Through their efforts on this
experiemntal mini farm, the
members hope to continue raising
various types of crops, and
recognize the value of and
appreciate organic gardening.
without a vote in the matter. You
can, before you appear before the
appeals board, request in writing
that the staff members of the
Board be Student-Staff members.
Then, the Dean of Students will
appoint two Resident-Assistants
or Senior Resident Assistants who
have agreed to serve.
Now you will receive the
names of the board members in
writing, and you have the right to
challenge any Board member you
feel won’t give you a fair hearing.
Now for the bad part, you must
show cause; and the Judicial
Officer “will decide all such
challenges. His decision will be
final.”
On to the sanctions, as they are
politely called. The first level
hearing board (Remember them?)
(See STUDENT COURT,
Column 4, Page 8)
discussed
programs
ideas
during
for
the
women
different
course of the semester, among
which will be: a coffee-house
collage, a baby-sitting service for
members o f the college
c om m u n ity , and a rape
prevention/self defense lecture
from a Washington, D.C. source.
A n y o n e in te re s te d in
performing musically, or through
poetry and readings, for the
collage, can be in contact with
Ginny Tucker Rm. 202 Q.A.,
9 94 -9 84 4, Penny Nickerson
862-4744, or Remy Arnone who
is in the Music Department.
The Women’s Center has word
that a certain Father Henle at
Georgetown University, is taking
measures against the popular radio
station WGTB. It seems that he
has taken offense at the “Friends”
show, a program concerning the
Gay Liberation movement.
Evidently he has never really
listened to the show, but
nonetheless wants to see the
whole radio station shut down.
If you would like to show your
support of the station, letters
addressed to: Father Henle, Office
of the President, Georgetown
University, 37th & O St. N.W.
Washington, D.C., would be of
help to WGTB. They ask that the
letters be kept in good taste.
A baby-sitting service was in
operation last year, and the
Women’s Center would like it to
continue in its sucess and
progress. Lists will be posted
throughout the campus for
anyone interested in participating.
After a two week period the list
will be compiled and made
available. It is felt that this service
will be of tremendous benefit to
commuters and faculty who would
like to take courses but can’t
find sitters.
The next meeting U set for
Monday, Oct. 6 at 9:30 in the S.U.
Please come and share your ideas.
P r e s e n t i n g :
T h e C o m m u t e r
By Mel Longfield
Who is that furtive looking
individual seen lurking about the
classrooms and hallways of these
hallowed halls?
We must surmise that the
person in question belongs here,
yet why does he seem so
confused? Could he be a
commuter? Yes! A legend which
persists to this day at St. Mary’s
College.
There are no concrete figures
available for the number of
commuters at this school,
according to the records office,
but they do make up a substantial
portion of the student body. To
date, there have been several small
incidents which reflect problems
for those who do not live on
campus.
Due to a lack of information
about the use of the laundry
rooms in the dorms, one person
has already run afoul of the
Campus Security Personnel.
There is also the case of the
missing person who, due to a lack
of information, went to the wrong
classes for a week and a half.
(Name withheld by personal
request). There is no excess of
off-campus housing nearby, and
this almost insures that most
commuters have anywhere from
five to twenty-five miles to travel
a day. In these days of rising gas
prices, this throws an added
burden onto the backs of those
who come in with the first light,
and like the Arabs at the end of
the day “Quietly fold their books,
and slip away!”
I talked to several people who
mentioned that they do not get
the campus b u lle tin, and
sometimes do not receive the
student newspaper, due mainly to
not knowing of the existence of
these informational services.
This lack of information also
leads to some of the commuters
missing campus events such as
dances, club meetings, and special
events.
As a remedy, there are several
o p t io n s . A c om m u te rs
office,where a commuting student
can go specifically to find out
exactly what is happening, or as
an alternative, the posting of
information pertinent to the
commuter in public places, like
the Student Union and all the
bulletin boards.
It is strange to have this many
students as disoriented as they are
wandering around. To leave you
with one last thought, in order to
have a united student body, it
would definitely be a nice gesture
to extend the hands of friendship
to these people who live off
campus, because you never know
when you yourself could step out
of the environment of the>
dormitory’s and into the realm of
“The COMMUTER!”
MARCHETTI'S i
>#■
DRAFT BEER
HOMEMADE ITA L IA N FOODS EVERYDAY !!
MONDAY NITE SPECIAL
30c - Draft Chilled Mug
10c Off on All Bottle and Can Beer
MONDAY NITES AFTER 7 P.M.
872 - 5760 On the corner of Route 5
and Trapp Road
3 Miles South of the College.